Yep, that's where we are!
Hello blogsters, we're cold, slightly wet, and about to get on a 17 hour busride. We've had the most awesome past couple of days...
After our last entry, we had our last Spanish lesson with Vicu, our lovely teacher. Went to a Cazuela (all about the stew!) restaurant, and ate a large cheesy Argentinian meal, going through the menu and drawing on the tablecloths. Very tasty, and lots of educative fun.
Friday it poured (iHubo una tormenta enorme!)... it had been so hot it's not surprising. We managed to get out to see the crazy Recoletas cemetery, where Evita is buried. It's full of massive mausoleums, most of which have (often ancient and smashed) glass doors, so you can see little altars, old photos, crosses, flowers etc. Coffins on show big and tiny (some very moving scenes), and the statelier mausoleums had full glamorous staircases down to a lower crypt level - the imagination boggles. To give it the full effect, there were tons of raggedy cats all over the place - very cute.
Got to Gualeguaychú on the morning coach yesterday, for the Carnaval. Walked around 4km all over the place finding a campsite. Ended up placed in the most beautiful little island... film to come later. The carnaval was ridiculous but great fun... film to come later!
Ever since then it's rained non-stop. Our little island nearly got submerged, so we're lucky we've still got dry stuff. We've spent the morning holed up in our little sanctuary tent... when we emerged, one group of fellow campers shared some maté with us, another taught us to fish. The Argentinians are so friendly.
So, we're now off to Puerto Iguazú. iHasta luego!
Franky & Em
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Good to know you are well!
ReplyDeleteObrigada pelas últimas novidades. Aqui não temos nenhumas. Está sol, mas não temos o calor que tivestes em Buenos Aires. No entanto, graças a Deus não chove...
Estive a ver onde fica Gualeguaychú, e até consegui algumas fotos. Por exemplo o terminal das camionetes, onde possivelmente a vossa viagem começou. Como ides passar 17 horas de viajem??? Levais algumas sandwiches para comer? Também vi Puerto Iguazú, e o miradouro das 3 fronteiras. Daí para onde ides?
O que é maté?
Um xi bem grande. Penso muito em vós! God bless
Would be good to see a photo of Evita's tomb too, if you have time to upload. Though clearly, you are on holiday and we woldn't want you to spend that time hunched over an internet cafe computer. :)
ReplyDeleteIs Argentinean cheese like Spanish cheese?
Does it all remind Em of New Orleans, or are the cemetaries, cats and carnivals entirely different?
Hope you dried off fast with the 'special towels'. You hoopy froods. Cxx
I've just looked up Gualeguaychú on the map and notice it's not far from the Uruguayan town of Fray Bentos. Are you sure the flooding was water-based and not gravy-based?
ReplyDeleteIn any case, congratulations on your new skills and being part of such cultural wondrousnesses.
I wish you the mental strength of ten tigers for the 17h bus ride - my top tip is to never, ever pass up an opportunity to go to the toilet. But you've probably thought of that.
ReplyDeleteJose's sister Rosita says the Iguazú waterfalls are very big, loud and totally amazing, but you will get very wet however hard you try to stay dry. So dress accordingly.
Gosh, who knew I'd be able to offer so much intrepid travel advice from the comfort of my own office? If there's anything else you ever need to know, don't hesitate to ask.
A big kiss for you both,
Hi Mum: 17 hours on the bus was fine - we have coche cama which fully recline and nice meals too! We´ve just been to the Miradouro (see next blog). Hope all´s going well in Portugal! Love Frank and Em
ReplyDeleteHopping Bunny: we do have pictures of Evita´s tomb, but it takes an incredibly long time to upload anything (that Carnaval clip took an hour to load) so we may not get the pictures up for a while. Suffice to say, it was pretty modest with a few flowers under ´Familia Duerte´ rather than a big ´EVITA!!!´ sign. Nothing like the shrines you see in Pere Lachaise and suchlike.
ReplyDeleteArgentinian cheese is pretty miserable. Spainish has miles on it. But the carne is pretty sublime.
It´s not as lazy as New Orleans. Oh, but the cats were great though - shaggy and gorgeous.
Hope you´re well and happy - keep in touch!
Em and Frank x
Ubu: you´re a silly sausage.
ReplyDeleteHarr: the bus journey was wondrous (see next post). The waterfall was wet (see next blog). Hope that you and Jose (and future Edwards) are doing well. Love, Em and Frank
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